Facebook Messenger Kids: why do they react with the application?

A group of organizations made up of educators, health experts and educators is calling on Facebook to stop releasing Messenger Kids.

The organizations sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg asking the company to suspend the release of Messenger Kids and let the kids enjoy their childhood.Messenger Kids

If you do not know it, Messenger Kids is a version of it που απευθύνεται σε παιδιά ηλικίας από έξι (!) μέχρι δώδεκα ετών. Μέσω της εφαρμογής, οι γονείς τους έχουν τον έλεγχο, επιλέγοντας ποιοι μπορούν να είναι φίλοι με τα παιδιά τους. Η "επαναστατική" εφαρμογή δίνει επίσης τη δυνατότητα στους γονείς να βλέπουν ακριβώς τι συμβαίνει κατά την διάρκεια των συνομιλιών.

However, the app still allows Facebook to children.

As soon as the application was announced, parents were concerned that Facebook is targeting young children.

According to the Washington Post, this concern has been accumulated in a letter from The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood (CCFC), with the support of many other organizations.

In the letter (PDF) η CCFC και οι υποστηρικτές της καλούν το Facebook να «σταματήσει το Messenger Kids», υποστηρίζοντας ότι "η υπερβολική χρήση ψηφιακών συσκευών και κοινωνικών μέσων είναι επιβλαβής για τα παιδιά και τους εφήβους, καθώς είναι πολύ πιθανό αυτή η νέα εφαρμογή να υπονομεύει την υγιή ανάπτυξη".

Η επιστολή υποστηρίζει επίσης ότι τα παιδιά "δεν είναι αρκετά μεγάλα για να αρχίσουν την περιήγησή τους στις πολυπλοκότητες των ηλεκτρονικών σχέσεων" και "δεν έχουν αναπτύξει πλήρως την κατανόηση της ιδιωτικής τους ζωής."

Recent studies are reported showing how to use them can negatively affect children in a number of ways.

Facebook, however, is reportedly already responding, saying in various publications that it is not planning to stop Messenger Kids.

Facebook says it has tried to make sure that Messenger Kids is as innocuous as possible.

However, according to parents, it is still an application designed to connect children from the age of six on the internet.

Would you let your kids start using Messenger Kids at such an age?

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